The Philip Leverhulme Prize is awarded by the

Leverhulme Trust The Leverhulme Trust () is a large national grant-making organisation in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1925 under the will of the 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925), with the instruction that its resources should be used to suppo ...

to recognise the achievement of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising. The prize scheme makes up to thirty awards of £100,000 a year, across a range of academic disciplines.

History and criteria

The award is named after Philip Leverhulme who died in 2000. He was the grandson of William Leverhulme, and was the third

Viscount Leverhulme Viscount Leverhulme, of the Western Isles in the Counties of Inverness and Ross and Cromarty, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1922 for the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Baron Leverhulme. He had ...

. The prizes are payable, in instalments, over a period of two to three years. Prizes can be used for any purpose which can advance the prize-holder’s research, with the exception of enhancing the prize-holder’s salary. Nominees must hold either a permanent post or a long-term fellowship in a UK institution of higher education or research that would extend beyond the duration of the Philip Leverhulme Prize. Those otherwise without salary are not eligible to be nominated. Nominees should normally have been awarded their doctoral degree not more than ten years prior to the closing date.

Awards

Leverhulme awards are granted annually.

2022

In 2022 the prizes were awarded in the following fields: * Archaeology: Chiara Bonacchi, Marianne Hem Eriksen, Corisande Fenwick, Patrick Gleeson, Sarah Inskip * Chemistry: Bryan Bzdek, Nicholas Chilton, Brianna Heazlewood, Rebecca Melen, Ruth Webster * Economics: Abi Adams-Prassl, Stefano Caria, Thiemo Fetzer, Sandra Sequeira, Daniel Wilhelm * Engineering: Sebastian Bonilla, John Orr, Daniel Slocombe, Harrison Steel, Jin Xuan * Geography: Maan Barua, Sarah Bell, Anita Ganesan, Ed Manley, Isla Myers-Smith * Languages and Literatures: Joanna Allan, Josie Gill, Joseph Hone, Preti Taneja, Sam Wolfe

2021

In 2021 the prizes were awarded in the following fields: * Classics: Tom Geue, Theodora Jim, Giuseppe Pezzini, Henry Stead, Kathryn Stevens * Earth Sciences: Nicholas Brantut, Andrea Burke, Paula Koelemeijer, Erin Saupe, Nem Vaughan * Physics: Jayne Birkby, Radha Boya, Denis Martynov, Jonathan Matthews, Samuel Stranks * Politics and International Relations: Teresa Bejan, Christopher Claassen, Graham Denyer Willis, Janina Dill, Inken von Borzyskowski * Psychology: Jennifer Cook, Jim A.C. Everett, Tobias Hauser, Patricia Lockwood, Netta Weinstein * Visual and Performing Arts: Jennifer Coates, Mohamad Hafeda, Lonán Ó Briain, Martin O'Brien, Annebella Pollen

2020

In 2020 the prizes were awarded in the following fields: * Biological Sciences: Tanmay Bharat, Hernán Burbano, Hansong Ma, Daniel Streicker, Edze Westra * History: Sophie Ambler, Stefan Hanß, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, Rian Thum, Alexia Yates * Law: Jeremias Adams-Prassl,

Paul Davies Paul Charles William Davies (born 22 April 1946) is an English physicist, writer and broadcaster, a professor in Arizona State University and Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. He is affiliated with the Institute ...

, Nadine El-Enany, Emily Grabham, Guido Rossi * Mathematics and Statistics: Ana Caraiani,

Heather Harrington Heather A. Harrington (born 1984) is an applied mathematician interested in dynamical systems, chemical reaction network theory, topological data analysis, and systems biology. She is professor of mathematics, and Royal Society University Resea ...

, Richard Montgomery, Nick Sheridan, Sasha Sodin * Philosophy and Theology: Liam Kofi Bright, Elselijn Kingma, Laura Quick, Emily Thomas, Joseph Webster * Sociology and Social Policy: Judith Bovensiepen,

Emily Dawson Emily Dawson is a teacher in the field of Science and technology studies, Science and Technology Studies. Career Dawson's research focuses on how people encounter and engage with science, with an emphasis on equity and social justice. She p ...

, Kayleigh Garthwaite, Nisha Kapoor, Lucy Mayblin

2019

In 2019 the prizes were awarded in the following fields: * Archaeology: Kate Britton, Enrico Crema, Jessica Hendy, Jane Kershaw, Ben Russell * Chemistry: Artem Bakulin, Thomas Bennett, Kim Jelfs, Daniele Leonori,

Silvia Vignolini Silvia Vignolini (born 1981) is an Italian physicist who is Professor of Chemistry and Biomaterial, Bio-materials in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Her research investigates natural photonics structures, ...

* Economics: Gabriella Conti, James Fenske, , Friederike Mengel,

Benjamin Moll Benjamin Moll (born June 29, 1983) is a German macroeconomist who is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. He is the recipient of the 2017 Bernacer Prize for his "path-breaking contributions to incorporate consumer and firm h ...

* Engineering: Jessica Boland, Rainer Groh,

Hannah Joyce Hannah J. Joyce is an Australian scientist and engineer, and a professor at the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Her research specialises in the development of new nanomaterials for applications in optoelectronics and en ...

, Camille Petit, Alister Smith * Geography: Sarah Batterman, Christina Hicks, Robert Hilton, Fiona McConnell, Philippa Williams * Languages & Literature:

Marc Alexander Marc Alexander is a New Zealand politician. He was elected to Parliament as a list MP for the United Future New Zealand party in 2002, and stood unsuccessfully as the National Party candidate for Wigram in 2008. Public activities Before ent ...

, Emma Bond, Merve Emre,

Martin Paul Eve Martin Paul Eve (born 1986) is a British academic, writer, and disability rights campaigner. He is the Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing at Birkbeck College, University of London and Visiting Professor of Digital Humanities at ...

, Joseph Moshenska

2018

In 2018 the prizes were awarded in the following fields: * Classics: Amin Benaissa, Myles Lavan, Alex Mullen, Amy Russell, Shaul Tor * Earth Sciences: Juliet Biggs, Stephen L. Brusatte,

Heather Graven Heather Dawn Graven is a lecturer in Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London. She creates mathematical models to predict how climate change will impact the carbon cycle. Education Graven earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineerin ...

, Babette Hoogakker, Amanda Maycock * Physics: Alis Deason, Simone De Liberato, Katherine Dooley, Rahul Raveendran Nair, John Russo * Politics and International Relations: Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos, Chris Hanretty, Sophie Harman, Lauren Wilcox, Lea Ypi * Psychology: Emily S Cross, Stephen Fleming,

Claire Haworth Claire Haworth is a reader in behavioural genetics and co-director of the Dynamic Genetics Lab at the University of Bristol. Education Haworth graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in experimental psychology. She completed her MSc ...

, Harriet Over,

Nichola Raihani Nichola Jayne Raihani is a British psychologist who is a Professor of Evolution and Behaviour at University College London. Her research considers the evolution of cooperation in nature. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in 2 ...

* Visual and Performing Arts: Erika Balsom,

Daisy Fancourt Daisy Fancourt (born June 1990) is a British researcher who is an Associate Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology at University College London. Her research focuses on the effects of social factors on health, including loneliness, social is ...

, Ian Kiaer, Peter McMurray, Tiffany Watt Smith

2017

In 2017 the prizes were awarded in the following fields: * Biological Sciences: Tom Baden, Katie Field, Nick Graham, Kayla King, Andrea Migliano * History: Andrew Arsan, Toby Green, David Motadel, Lucie Ryzova, Alice Taylor * Law: Pinar Akman, Ana Aliverti,

Fiona de Londras Fiona de Londras (born 1980) is an Irish academic and the Professor of Global Legal Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. Since October 2019 she is also an honorary professor at the Australian National University in Canberra. Biography ...

, Rosie Harding, Jeff King * Mathematics and Statistics: Anders Hansen,

Oscar Randal-Williams Oscar Randal-Williams is a British mathematician and professor at the University of Cambridge, working in topology. He studied mathematics at the University of Oxford (MMath 2006, DPhil 2009), where he wrote his doctoral thesis ''Stable moduli sp ...

Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb (born 1979) is an Austrian mathematician who works in image processing and partial differential equations. She is a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge and Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Department of Applied Mat ...

, Dominic Vella, Hendrik Weber * Philosophy and Theology: Naomi Appleton, Joel Cabrita, John Michael, Ian Phillips, Bryan W Roberts * Sociology and Social Policy: David Clifford, Des Fitzgerald, Suzanne Hall, Tim Huijts, Alice Mah

2016

In 2016 the prizes were awarded in the following fields. * Archaeology: Susana Carvalho, Manuel Fernandez-Gotz, Oliver Harris, Camilla Speller, Fraser Sturt * Chemistry: John Bower, Scott Cockroft, David Glowacki, Susan Perkin, Aron Walsh * Economics: Vasco Carvalho, Camille Landais, Kalina Manova, Uta Schönberg, Fabian Waldinger * Engineering: Anna Barnett,

Cinzia Casiraghi Cinzia Casiraghi is a Professor of Nanoscience in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manchester and National Graphene Institute in the UK. Education Casiraghi's undergraduate studies took place at the Politecnico di Milano in Ita ...

, David Connolly,

Alexandra Silva Alexandra Silva (born 1984) is a Portuguese computer scientist and Professor at Cornell University. She was previously Professor of Algebra, Semantics, and Computation at University College London. Awards and honours Silva won a Philip Leverhu ...

, Peter Vincent * Geography: Katherine Brickell, Vanesa Castán Broto, Mark Graham,

Harriet Hawkins Harriet Hawkins (born 1980) is a British cultural geographer. She is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she is the founder and Co-Director of the Centre for Geo-Humanities (with Veronica Della Dora), ...

, David Thornalley * Languages and Literatures: William Abberley,

Alexandra Harris Alexandra Harris (born 1981) is a British writer and academic. From 2007 to 2017, Harris was a professor in English at the University of Liverpool. In autumn 2017 Harris took up the post of Professorial Fellow at the University of Birmingham. Har ...

, Daisy Hay, Lily Okalani Kahn, Hannah Rohde

2015

In 2015 the prizes were awarded in the following fields. * Classics: Mirko Canevaro,

Esther Eidinow Esther Eidinow (born 1970) is a British ancient historian and academic. She specialises in ancient Greece, particularly ancient Greek religion and Magic in the Graeco-Roman world, magic. She has been Professor of Ancient History at the Universit ...

, Renaud Gagné, Naoíse Mac Sweeney, Laura Swift * Earth sciences: John Rudge, James Screen, Karin Sigloch, Dominick Spracklen, Nicholas Tosca * Physics: Jacopo Bertolotti, Daniele Faccio,

Jo Dunkley Joanna Dunkley is a British astrophysicist and Professor of Physics at Princeton University. She works on the origin of the Universe and the Cosmic microwave background (CMB) using the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, the Simons Observatory and t ...

, Philip King, Suchitra Sebastian * Politics: John Bew, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Dominik Hangartner, Laura Valentini, Nick Vaughan-Williams * Psychology: Caroline Catmur, Bhismadev Chakrabarti, Steve Loughnan, Liz Pellicano, Jonathan Roiser * Visual arts: Sara Davidmann, Mattias Frey,

Hannah Rickards Hannah Rickards (born 1979) is a British artist. She has won the Max Mara Art Prize for Women and the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Visual and Performing Arts. Life and work Rickards was born in London. She studied at Central Saint Martins and now ...

Martin Suckling Martin Suckling (born 23 November 1981) is a British composer. He is also a violinist and teacher. Education Suckling was born in Glasgow and attended Bearsden Academy. He read music at Clare College, Cambridge and went on to study composition w ...

, Corin Sworn

2014

In 2014, thirty-one prizes were awarded. The 2014 subjects and prizewinners were: *Biological Sciences: Michael Brockhurst, Elizabeth Murchison, Ewa Paluch, Thomas Richards, Nikolay Zenkin *History: Manuel Barcia Paz, Aaron Moore, Renaud Morieux, Hannah Skoda, David Trippett *Mathematics and Statistics: Alexandros Beskos, Daniel Kral, David Loeffler and

Sarah Zerbes Sarah Livia Zerbes (, born 2 August 1978) is a German algebraic number theorist at ETH Zurich. Her research interests include L-functions, modular forms, ''p''-adic Hodge theory, and Iwasawa theory, and her work has led to new insights towards ...

Richard Samworth Richard John Samworth (born May 1978) is the Professor of Statistical Science (Cambridge), Professor of Statistical Science and the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge#Directors of the Statistical Laboratory, Director of the Statis ...

, Corinna Ulcigrai *Philosophy and Theology: Jonathan Birch, Tim Button,

Ofra Magidor Ofra Magidor is a philosopher and logician, and current Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at University of Oxford and Fellow of Magdalen College. Biography Magidor received her BSc in mathematics, philosophy, and computer scienc ...

, Anna Mahtani, Holger Zellentin *Law: Alan Bogg, Prabha Kotiswaran, Sarah Nouwen, Erika Rackley, Michael Waibel *Sociology and Social Policy: Lucie Cluver, Hazem Kandil, Victoria Redclift, Katherine Smith, Imogen Tyler

2013

The 2013 subjects were: * Astronomy and Astrophysics: Richard Alexander, Stefan Kraus, Mathew Owens, Mark Swinbank, John (Southworth) Taylor * Economics: Jane Cooley Fruehwirth * Engineering: Haider Butt, Bharathram Ganapathisubramani, Eileen Gentleman,

Aline Miller Aline Fiona Miller (born 1975) is a Professor of Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Manchester. She specialises in the characterisation of polymer, biopolymer and peptides, using neutron and x-ray scattering, as well as the developme ...

, Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena * Geography: Ben Anderson, Dabo Guan, Anna Lora-Wainwright, Erin McClymont, Colin McFarlane, David Nally, Lindsay Stringer * Modern languages and Literature: Kathryn Banks, Andrew Counter, Sally Faulkner, Lara Feigel, David James, James Smith, Hannah Sullivan * Performing and Visual Arts: Martin John Callanan,

Nadia Davids Nadia Davids (born in Cape Town, 1977) is a South African playwright, novelist, and author of short stories and screenplays. Her work has been published, produced, and performed in Southern Africa, Europe, and the United States. She was a Philip ...

, James Moran, Tim Smith

2012

The 2012 subjects were: * Classics :

Patrick Finglass Patrick J. Finglass is a British classicist of Ancient Greek literature and the Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek at the University of Bristol and former Fifty-Pound Fellow at All Souls College Oxford. His field of research includes Greek l ...

Miriam Leonard Miriam Anna Leonard is Professor of Greek Literature and its Reception at University College, London. She is known in particular for her work on the reception of Greek tragedy in modern intellectual thought. Career Leonard gained her BA, MPhi ...

, Michael Squire, Peter Thonemann, Kostas Vlassopoulos * Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences : Matt Friedman, Richard Katz,

Kirsty Penkman Kirsty Elizabeth Helena Penkman is a biochemist and geochemist known for her research in biomolecular archaeology, the use of ancient DNA, amino acid dating, and other biomolecules in order to date fossils and learn about the world as it was in pre ...

, Laura Robinson, Paul Williams * History of Art : Jo Applin, Matthew Potter, Richard Taws, Tamara Trodd, Leon Wainwright * Law : Kimberley Brownlee, James Chalmers, Ioannis Lianos, Marc Moore, Anthea Roberts * Mathematics and Statistics : Toby Gee, Jonathan Marchini, Andre Neves, Christoph Ortner, Lasse Rempe-Gillen, * Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History : Duncan Bell, Alexander Morrison, Sadiah Qureshi, Sujit Sivasundaram, David Todd

2011

The 2011 subjects were: * Astronomy and Astrophysics:

Emma Bunce Emma J. Bunce (born 1975) is a British space physicist and Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics at the University of Leicester. She holds a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. Her research is on the magnetospheres of Saturn and Jupite ...

, Andrew Levan, Richard Massey, David Pontin, David Seery * Economics: Michael Elsby, Andrea Galeotti, Sophocles Mavroeidis, Helen Simpson, Paul Surico * Geography: Peter Adey, Siwan Davies,

Hayley Fowler Hayley J. Fowler is a Professor of Climate Change Impacts in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. Education Fowler attended Poynton High School in Cheshire, North West England from 1986 to 1993. She studied for a Bachelor of Art ...

, Simon Lewis, Simon Reid-Henry * Modern European Languages & Literatures:

Anthony Bale Anthony Bale is an English medievalist. Biography He is Professor of Medieval Studies at Birkbeck, University of London and from 2017 to 2021 was Executive Dean of the School of Arts, and has written widely on medieval Christian-Jewish relatio ...

, Lindiwe Dovey, Kirsty Hooper, Ben Hutchinson, Robert Macfarlane * Performing & Visual Arts: Ed Bennett, Helen Freshwater, Esther Johnson, Phoebe Unwin, Emily Wardill

2010

The 2010 subjects were: * Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, e.g.

Tamsin Mather Tamsin Alice Mather (born 1976) is a British Professor of Earth Sciences at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford and a Fellow of University College, Oxford. She studies volcanic processes and their impacts on the Earth's env ...

* History of Art * Law * Mathematics and Statistics:

Caucher Birkar Caucher Birkar ( ku, کۆچەر بیرکار, lit=migrant mathematician, translit=Koçer Bîrkar; born Fereydoun Derakhshani ( fa, فریدون درخشانی); July 1978) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian Kurds, Kurdish mathematician and a profes ...

* Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History

2009

The 2009 subjects were: * Astronomy and Astrophysics * Engineering * Geography * Modern European Languages and Literature: Santanu Das * Performing and Visual Arts

2008

The 2008 subjects were: * Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences: Stephen Barker, Alan Haywood, Heiko Pälike, Paul Palmer, Rosalind Rickaby, Christian Turney * History of Art: Jill Burke, Natasha Eaton, Alexander Marr, Carol Richardson, Caroline Vout * Medieval, Early Modern, And Modern History: Filippo de Vivo,

Caroline Humfress Caroline Humfress, FRHS, FSLS, is a legal historian who is professor at the University of St Andrews and Director of its Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research. Early life and education Caroline Humfress received her advanced educati ...

, Simon MacLean, Hannah Smith, Paul Warde, William Whyte * Mathematics and Statistics:

Martin Hairer Sir Martin Hairer (born 14 November 1975) is an Austrian-British mathematician working in the field of stochastic analysis, in particular stochastic partial differential equations. He is Professor of Mathematics at EPFL (École Polytechnique F ...

Harald Helfgott Harald Andrés Helfgott (born 25 November 1977) is a Peruvian mathematician working in number theory. Helfgott is a researcher ('' directeur de recherche'') at the CNRS at the Institut Mathématique de Jussieu, Paris. Early life and education ...

, Jared Tanner,

Andreas Winter Andreas J. Winter (born 14 June 1971, Mühldorf, Germany) is a German mathematician and mathematical physicist at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in Spain. He received his Ph.D. in 1999 under Rudolf Ahlswede and Friedrich Götze at th ...

Marianna Csornyei Marianna may refer to: * Marianna, Arkansas, USA * Marianna, Florida, USA * Marianna, Pennsylvania, USA * An English spelling for Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 602 Marianna, an asteroid, number 602 in the minor planet catalog * Marianna (given na ...

* Zoology: William Hughes, Kate E Jones, Andrea Manica, Tommaso Pizzari, Jane Reid

2007

The 2007 subjects were: * Astronomy and Astrophysics – David Alexander, Philip Best, Clare Parnell, and William Percival * Engineering –

Leroy Cronin Leroy "Lee" Cronin FRSE FRSC (born 1 June 1973) is the Regius Chair of Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. He was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Society of Chemistry, ...

Jeremy O'Brien Jeremy O'Brien (born 1975, Australia) is a physicist who researches in quantum optics, optical quantum metrology and quantum information science. He co-founded and serves as CEO of the quantum computing firm PsiQuantum. Formerly, he was Profes ...

* Geography – Jemma Wadham, Robert John Mayhew * Modern European Languages and Literature * Philosophy and Ethics – Hannes Leitgeb, Alison Stone

2006

The 2006 subjects were: * Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences: Lucy Carpenter * History of Art * Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History * Mathematics and Statistics: Matt Keeling * Zoology

2005

The 2005 subjects were: * Astronomy and Astrophysics:

Katherine Blundell Katherine Mary Blundell is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and a supernumerary research fellow at St John's College, Oxford. Previously, she held a Royal Society University Research Fellowship, and fellowships from the R ...

Sheila Rowan Sheila Anne "Stretch" Rowan (April 22, 1940 – August 2, 2014) was a Canadian curler from Saskatoon. Rowan was born in Young, Saskatchewan where she grew up before moving to Plenty, Saskatchewan in 1953 and Saskatoon in 1955 where she graduate ...

, Stephen Smartt * Engineering: Clemens Kaminski, Andrea C. Ferrari * Geography:

Klaus Dodds Klaus Dodds is Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London. Academia After taking up a position at the University of Edinburgh, he was appointed to a lectureship at Royal Holloway in 1994. He is the co-editor of the Routle ...

Sarah Holloway Sarah Louise Holloway, FAcSS, is a Korean-Australian geographer, model and academic. Since 2010, she has been Professor of Human Geography at Loughborough University. Education and career Holloway carried out her doctoral studies at the Univers ...

, Kevin Ward, Martin R Jones, Georgina H Endfield, Rachel Pain * Modern European Languages and Literature * Philosophy and Ethics:

Tim Lewens Tim Lewens (born 29 June 1974) is a professor in the history and philosophy of biology, medicine, and bioethics at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Lewens is a Fellow of Clare College, where he ...

2004

The 2004 subjects were: * Anthropology * Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences * Economics * Mathematics and Statistics * Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History

2003

The 2003 subjects were: * Astronomy and Astrophysics : Louise Harra * Classics * Engineering * Geography * Philosophy and Ethics

2002

The 2002 subjects were: * Software Technology for Information and Communications Technology * Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences * Modern History since 1800 * Economics * Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2001

The 2001 subjects were: * Astronomy and Astrophysics * Classics * Engineering * Geography * Philosophy and Ethics

References

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